Bielefeld to Kassel train

Trains from Bielefeld to Kassel start at €16.84 and take 1h 38m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Bielefeld to Kassel starts at €16.84 and takes 1h 38m door to door, run by 2 operators over 119 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 12 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 38mDoor to door
  • 54mMoving
  • €16.84From
  • 3.9 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€14.64
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB778306:1554m07:09Bielefeld HbfKassel Hbf

Door to door 1h 38mCO2 3.9 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
DB Fernverkehr€14.641h 37m
FlixTrain€15.191h 38m

The train gets you into Kassel. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to sleep in Kassel

Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Bielefeld to Kassel

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €17.3990 days
  2. €11.8960 days
  3. €13.5445 days
  4. €11.8930 days
  5. €17.3921 days
  6. €22.3414 days
  7. €29.497 days
  8. €27.843 days
  9. €34.991 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.89.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 194 percent. The dearest point is €34.99, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €20.69Sun
  2. €19.59Mon
  3. €16.84Tue
  4. €21.79Wed
  5. €27.29Thu
  6. €24.54Fri
  7. €22.34Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Bielefeld

Rail
  • Bielefeld Hbf
  • Bielefeld-Senne station
  • Bielefeld Central Station

Kassel

Rail
  • Kassel Hbf
  • Kassel Central Station
  • Bahnhof Kassel-Niederzwehren
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 119 km against 104 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Hannover, Osnabrück, Hamm, Hildesheim. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bielefeld at 06:08 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Bielefeld to Kassel

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Bielefeld to Kassel take?

The Train from Bielefeld to Kassel takes 1h 38m door to door, of which 54m is spent moving. The route runs 119 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Bielefeld to Kassel cost?

The Train from Bielefeld to Kassel starts at €16.84 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €28.94. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Bielefeld to Kassel?

2 operators run the Train from Bielefeld to Kassel: DB Fernverkehr, FlixTrain. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Bielefeld to Kassel use?

The Train from Bielefeld to Kassel leaves from Bielefeld Hbf and arrives at Kassel Hbf. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Bielefeld to Kassel?

Fares for the Train from Bielefeld to Kassel bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.89. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 194 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Bielefeld to Kassel produce?

The Train from Bielefeld to Kassel produces about 3.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 119 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Bielefeld to Kassel?

Operators on the Train from Bielefeld to Kassel publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 38m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bielefeld to Kassel on 12 September 2026: 119 km of route against 104 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €16.84, and 1h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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